The Legacy, Life and Work of Geo Widengren and the Study of the History of Religions after World War II (Numen Book Series)

Larsson, Göran (EDT)

Brill（2021/10発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 418 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9789004499362
• DDC分類 200.92

Full Description

Professor Geo Widengren (1907-1996), holder of the chair in History of Religions and Psychology of Religions at Uppsala University between 1940 and 1973, is one of Sweden's best-known scholars in the field of religious studies. His involvement in the start of the IAHR and publications on topics such as the phenomenology of religions, Iranian studies and Middle Eastern Religions make Widengren one of the founding fathers of the History of Religions as an academic discipline. This volume pays tribute to Widengren's academic achievements and critically discusses his work in light of the latest academic findings and research.

Contents

Notes on Contributors

part 1: Thesis and International Work

1 Geo Widengren: A Portrait of a Swedish Historian of Religions

 Göran Larsson

2 Hebrew Laments in the Light of Mesopotamian Material

 Göran Eidevall

3 Professor Geo Widengren, IAHR Vice-President 1950-1960, IAHR President 1960-1970, IAHR Honorary Life Member 1996

 Tim Jensen and Satoko Fujiwara

part 2: Iranian Cultures, Languages and Religions

4 Geo Widengren and the Study of Iranian Religion

 Anders Hultgård

5 The Eclipse of Geo Widengren in the Study of Iranian Religions

 Albert de Jong

6 "King and Saviour": Geo Widengren's Early Contributions (1938-1955) to the History of Iranian Religions

 Mihaela Timuş

part 3: A Phenomenological Approach

7 Geo Widengren and Swedish Phenomenology of Religion versus Italian Comparative Historical Typology

 Giovanni Casadio

8 The World of Religion: A Reevaluation of Geo Widengren's Phenomenology of Religion

 Clemens Cavallin

part 4: Method, Criticism and a Public Intellectual

9 The Reception and Criticism of Geo Widengren in the Nordic Countries: The Debate over the Origin of Religion

 René Gothóni and Göran Larsson

10 Before the Bible: Middle-Eastern Religions and the Origins of Christianity in the Works of Geo Widengren

 Christer Hedin

11 Tor Andræ and Geo Widengren: Perspectives and Purposes of the Study of the History of Religions

 Jan Hjärpe

12 Africa and America Revisited: A Critical Analysis of Widengren's Comparative Method

 Daniel Andersson

Part 5: Manichaeism and Gnosticism

13 Widengren, Gnosticism, and the Religionsgeschichtliche Schule

 Einar Thomassen

14 Geo Widengren and Manichaeism

 Chiara O. Tommasi

Part 6: Postscript

15 Geo Widengren as Researcher and Public Intellectual: A Meta-Reflection

 Göran Larsson

Appendix A: Letters between Raffaele Pettazzoni and Geo Widengren (1948-1959)

Appendix B: Letters between Helmer Ringgren, Geo Widengren and Ugo Bianchi (1959-1970)

Geo Widengren's Bibliography

Index